$249 Items - Special Auction

Continuing with our special themed auctions we have a selection of higher-end minerals this week with $249 reserve bids. This is a great opportunity to pick up excellent pieces for below retail prices! You'll find a great mix of fine quality specimens from new and contemporary discoveries plus classics and showy display pieces from worldwide localities and various collections!
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Calcite with iron oxide inclusions
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
15.7 x 14.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $901
Quartz (''floater'' specimen - rare locality)
Molas Pass, 7 miles south of Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Tom Campbell
12.2 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $436
Baryte on Fluorite
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
8.1 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Bournonite (''cogwheel'')
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
6.6 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Calcite (Cobalt-bearing)
Agoudal Mines, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.1 x 6.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Tourmaline (Schorl) with Fluorapatite on Albite
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.2 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $322
Adamite (Copper-bearing) (recent find)
Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
7.2 x 7.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $359
Epidote (fine rare locality specimen)
Paracas Quarry, Huaytará District, Huaytará Prov., Huancavelica, Peru
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl; Marty Zinn
11.2 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Aragonite var: Tarnowitzite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. John Dagenais
8.0 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $695
Clinoclase with Cornwallite (rare classic material)
Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.7 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,010
Calcite (twin) (rare locality specimen)
Brennkogel northeast slope, Hochtor area, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
10.6 x 9.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Aurichalcite (RARE locality specimen)
Yanga Koubenza Quarries, Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
7.8 x 7.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Chalcocite (fine crystals - rare locality)
M'Passa Mine, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
3.2 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Grossular Garnet with Vesuvianite (from 1965)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
Ex. Rock Currier
6.9 x 6.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $286
Spodumene (heavily etched ''floater'' crystal)
Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field, Dara-e-Pech District, Kunar, Afghanistan
9.1 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm, 84.6 grams
Winning Bid: $725
Calcite (fine GEM crystals) on Quartz with Fluorite
Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
8.8 x 8.3 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $361
Sphalerite (gemmy twins) on Quartz (rare locality)
Dongxiang Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Dongxiang Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China
11.6 x 7.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $361
Kermesite (fine classic material)
Nova Alexander adit, Kolarsky Hill, Pezinok, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Ex. Colin Manlove
9.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $386
Prehnite on Epidote
Djouga Diggings, Bendougou, Diakon, Arrondissement of Diakon, Bafoulabé Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
11.6 x 8.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $445
Baryte
Baryte Occurrences, Châtel-Guyon, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
11.0 x 8.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Azurite / Malachite (2 piece polished set)
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Stoudt
10.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm and 9.3 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm, 216 grams (total weight of both pieces)
Winning Bid: $370
Scheelite (good sized crystals - new find)
Pari, Kharmang Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.3 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Ferberite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
Ex. Brian Kosnar
7.7 x 7.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $249
Eosphorite (fine color) with Topaz on Albite
Chamachhu Pegmatites, Chamachhu, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Brian Kosnar
6.7 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Fluorite
Xinyang, Henan, China
6.7 x 5.9 x 2.6 cm
Copper (fine specimen)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
5.7 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Fluorapatite on Albite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $359
Rainbow Ocean Jasper Carving, Flower
Marovato, Ambolobozo, Analalava District, Sofia, Madagascar
9.7 x 9.7 x 3.3 cm, 432 grams
Winning Bid: $410
Megalodon Tooth Fossil
West Java, Indonesia
9.5 x 6.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,975
Cerussite (gemmy smoky colored twin)
Mfouati Mine, Mfouati Dist., Bouenza Dept., Republic of the Congo
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $249